Which to use
“regardé” and “regardée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,692
- “regardé” frequency rank
- #17,246
- “regardée” frequency rank
- 19938
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardé | regardée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de regarder. | Participe passé féminin singulier de regarder. |
Same sound, different letters: regardé vs regardée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. regardé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against regardée's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: regardé vs regardée
This is the hard kind. regardé and regardée are pronounced identically (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “regardé” sits inside “regardée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regardé is recorded at frequency rank #2,692, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\. regardée is at rank #17,246, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 19938, this pair ranks #370,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of regardé vs regardée
Shared letters: adegré. Private to "regardé": -. Private to "regardée": -.
"regardé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "regardée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "regardé" and "regardée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "regardé" or "regardée"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regardée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #370,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardé" and "regardée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardée vs remariée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #370,770 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.